St Charles, Farmingdale, Gibbs Pond

I stopped by St Charles to see if the continuing Barnacle Goose or any other geese were there...I found the Barnacle Goose and was able to get a photo of it on land.  I also stopped by Gibbs Pond and saw a Kingfisher and some domestic type Mallards.  I think one was a Golden type.

Barnacle Goose

Argyle Lake, Southard's Pond, Ocean Parkway

Not the best day - highlights were a juvenile Bald Eagle by Southard's Pond and a Grey Ghost by Oak Beach.

Avon Lake, Amityville

I wanted to check out Avon Lake for a while so got a chance today...was surprised to see 2 Canvasbacks and about 30 Redheads.  Best thing I found was a good plumaged Ruddy Duck.

mix of ducks

Redhead

Canvasback, Redhead

Redhead

Ruddy Duck

Wainscott, Hampton Bays, Bellport, Farmingdale

There were reports of a Sandhill Crane in Wainscott,,,,I only saw a Sandhill Crane once in the Adirondacks and it was rather distant so I tried my luck to get a closer look.  I saw the crane next to a pond across a wet field so got a closer look without disturbing it.  I did spook up a Wilson's Snipe and some Meadowlarks.  On the way home, I stopped at Shinnecock Inlet, Dune Road, Bellport (saw an Iceland Gull) and St Charles in Farmingdale (saw a Ross's Goose).

Sandhill Crane

Herring Gulls

Iceland Gull

gulls at the Bellport dump

Ross's Goose

Atlantic Ocean: Common Murre, Black Legged Kittiwake, Dovekie, Northern Fulmar, Atlantic Puffin

With special thanks to Mike Snouty, I was able to go on the Paulagic Tour leaving from Brooklyn on the Brooklyn VI.  Snouty picked me up at 3:30am and the boat left the dock promptly at 5am.  It went out from Brooklyn heading southeast and went out 50-60 miles from shore.  We spent some time out that far and headed back to about 25 miles offshore to find more birds.  Lifers seen were Common Murre, Black Legged Kittiwake, Dovekie, Northern Fulmar, and Atlantic Puffin.  Also saw Razorbill, Bonaparte's Gull, Gannett, Herring Gull, Great Black Backed Gull and a Lesser Black Backed Gull which I missed since I assumed it was a juvenile instead of the adult everyone else saw.  I also got to see Common Dolphins and Harbor Porpoises.

chumming to attract gulls and other seabirds

"the gulls"

Common Murre

Puffin

Dovekie

Kittiwake (adult)

Kittiwake (juvenile)

Kittiwakes (adult and juvenile)

Northern Fulmar

Razorbill

Gannett

Sicily: Yellow Legged Gulls

I went through some of my photos from some old trips to see if I had an incidental bird photos.  I did come across one of some Yellow Legged Gulls from Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani, Sicily from several years ago.

Yellow Legged Gulls

Jones Beach West End

After all the excitement yesterday, I met up with Snouty at Jones Beach West End - no owl sightings but we did see a continuing Orange Crowned Warbler, American Tree Sparrow and a Great Comorant.

Orange Crowned Warbler

Great Comorant